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Babes of the Ku Klux Klan

  I first became aware of the Ku Klux Klan in 1965 after my dad went to Vietnam when I moved from the Marine base at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii to my mother’s hometown in eastern North Carolina.   There was a KKK billboard up outside the county seat.   It … Continue reading

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From South Carolina, Obama as “President Negro”

My father’s people came to America from Asia. They walked across the Bering Strait land bridge during the last stages of the Ice Age. They wound up in south Texas.  My mother’s people came to America from England. They sailed … Continue reading

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A Wonderful Thing About the South

I stand up for “Dixie.” Got a painting of Robert E. Lee hanging on the wall, Faulkner on the bookshelf, and a Confederate flag in my footlocker. Kind of embarrassed by white politics though. Not really into states rights, Jesus riding … Continue reading

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